emperors.

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　During my second year in high school, I got sick and missed a few days. When I

11 , I was greeted with two essays due, three days of math and history homework, plus several tests. 12 I went home from school that day exhausted, I had to stay up really late to finish them all.

　　The next day at school, I got a rude awakening: I'd totally forgotten to prepare for the 13 on Romeo and Juliet, which I'd take 14 my lunch hour! Worse still, I had 15 the in-class discussion and all the notes. When lunch came, I went to the English room to face my certain doom(厄运). All I could do was try to 16 on the questions I didn't know.

　　As it turned out, I didn't know the majority of the questions. I was just about to give

17 when my pencil accidentally fell and broke. Standing by the blackboard sharpening my pencil, I 18 down and there in full view lay the answer sheet for the test! What good fortune! I can kiss good-bye to all my 19 of failing the test! My heart started beating, and my brain 20 , Yes! Read over the answers-quickly! This was quickly followed by another voice, No! You'll get caught! My mind turning back and forth, Yes! No! Yes! No! ...This went on for ten of the 21 seconds in my entire life.

　　Finally, I decided to finish the test on my own, without 22 ! I was satisfied with my decision but pretty 23 I had failed the test.

　　The next day when I walked into the English room, my great joy of having been an

24 soul changed into a wave of doom as I saw my test paper lying face down on my desk. I knew what awaited me. I stared at it a few seconds before I got up the 25 to turn it over.

You can only imagine my 26 when I learned that I had passed the test! I